'Riffle' definitions:
Definition of 'riffle'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
verb
verb
Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]
verb
verb
Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
Definition of 'Riffle'
From: GCIDE
- Riffle \Rif"fle\ (r[i^]f"f'l), n. [CF. G. riffeln, riefeln, to groove. Cf. Rifle a gun.]
- 1. (Mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A ripple in a stream or current of water; also, a place where the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid. [Local, U. S.]
- The bass have left the cool depth beside the rock and are on the riffle or just below it. --James A. Henshall. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'riffle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ball up,
- billow,
- bollix up,
- bore,
- breakers,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- chute,
- cockle,
- comb,
- comber,
- confound,
- confuse,
- dimple,
- dirty water,
- eagre,
- foul up,
- fret,
- fumble,
- garble,
- gravity wave,
- ground swell,
- heave,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- jumble,
- lift,
- lop,
- mix up,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- peak,
- pi,
- play hob with,
- popple,
- rapid,
- rapids,
- riff,
- ripple,
- rise,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- sault,
- scend,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- sea,
- send,
- shoot,
- shuffle,
- snafu,
- snarl up,
- surf,
- surge,
- swell,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- trough,
- tsunami,
- tumble,
- undulation,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wavelet,
- white horses,
- whitecaps